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Samir Alizadeasked for translation 6 years ago
How to translate? (ru-en)

зависть плохое чувство

User translations (1)

  1. 1.

    envy is an ugly emotion

    translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍
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Discussion (14)

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 6 years ago

I would take the best of both of your tranlsations and say that ENVY IS AN UGLY EMOTION. (1) JEALOUSY is not necessarily ugly - it can be viewed with some comprehension. For example, a mother could sense that her biological daughter is jealous of her newly adopted sister and not see it as something "bad," but rather as a natural part of the process of accepting a new sibling when she was the only child for so long. ENVY, on the other hand, is always ugly. (2) A FEELING is something that is normally felt by the speaker, whereas an EMOTION can be projected onto someone else.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 6 years ago

Sometimes it’s just too easy))

Elena Bogomolovaadded a comment 6 years ago

Uly, "envy is a bad feeling" can be referred to a speaker meaning that this feeling destructs his life, can't it?

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 6 years ago

Not really. Feeling is an ощущение. That would be said by someone who is envious despite himself and doesn’t like how it feels. But it doesn’t necessarily refer to the emotion itself.

Elena Bogomolovaadded a comment 6 years ago

So, the only word "emotion" can be used here?

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